Only the Best of LaVern Baker

Original Release Date:  September 30, 2008

Track Listing

• 1. Jim Dandy
• 2. Tweedlee Dee
• 3. Soul on Fire
• 4. Tra La La
• 5. I Cried a Tear
• 6. Tomorrow Night
• 7. Jim Dandy Got Married
• 8. Substitute
• 9. Play It Fair
• 10. Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)
• 11. Lots and Lots of Love
• 12. Of Course I Do
• 13. You'll Be Crying
• 14. Miracles
• 15. I'm in a Crying Mood
• 16. Mine All Mine
• 17. Harbor Lights
• 18. I'll Never Be Free
• 19. Romance in the Dark
• 20. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
• 21. How Long Will It Be
• 22. Fool That I Am
• 23. Jim Dandy
• 24. Tra La La
• 25. I Can't Love You Enough
• 26. Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)
• 27. That's All I Need
• 28. Bop-Ting-A-Ling
• 29. Tweedlee Dee
• 30. Still
• 31. Play It Fair
• 32. Tomorrow Night
• 33. That Lucky Old Son
• 34. Soul on Fire
• 35. My Happiness Forever
• 36. How Can You Leave a Man Like This?
• 37. Precious Memories
• 38. Carrying the Cross for My Boss
• 39. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
• 40. Touch Me, Lord Jesus
• 41. Didn't It Rain
• 42. Precious Lord
• 43. Somebody Touched Me
• 44. In the Upper Room
• 45. Journey to the Sky
• 46. Everytime I Feel the Spirit
• 47. Too Close
• 48. Without a God
• 49. Gimme a Pigfoot
• 50. Baby Doll
• 51. On Revival Day
• 52. Money Blues
• 53. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
• 54. Back Water Blues
• 55. Empty Bed Blues
• 56. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
• 57. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
• 58. After You've Gone
• 59. Young Woman's Blues
• 60. Preaching the Blues
• 61. See See Rider
• 62. You Better Stop
• 63. He's a Real Gone Guy
• 64. Story of My Love
• 65. You Said
• 66. I'm Leavin' You
• 67. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
• 68. Trying
• 69. Half of Your Love
• 70. A Little Bird Told Me So
• 71. Endless Love
• 72. All the Time
• 73. I Cried a Tear
• 74. If You Love Me
• 75. You're Teasing Me
• 76. Love Me Right
• 77. Dix-A-Billy
• 78. So High, So Low
• 79. I Waited Too Long
• 80. Why Baby Why
• 81. Humpty Dumpty Heart
• 82. It's So Fine
• 83. Whipper Snapper
• 84. St. Louis Blues

Credits

• Bessie Smith: Composer
• LaVern Baker: Composer
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone
• Urbie Green: Trombone
• Lionel Hampton: Composer
• Nat Pierce: Piano
• Jerome Richardson: Sax (Baritone)
• Perry Bradford: Composer
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Lincoln Chase: Composer
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Bennie Benjamin: Composer
• Howard Biggs: Composer
• Tyran Carlo: Composer
• Henry Creamer: Composer
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Berry Gordy, Jr.: Composer
• J.C. Johnson: Composer
• Gary Kramer: Liner Notes
• Turner Layton: Composer
• Wendell Marshall: Bass
• Paul Quinichette: Sax (Tenor)
• Sahib Shihab: Sax (Baritone)
• George David Weiss: Composer
• Jerry Wexler: Composer
• Charles Edward Smith: Liner Notes
• Wesley Wilson: Composer
• Jimmy Cox: Composer
• Joe Hayden: Composer
• Reggie Obrecht: Conductor
• Dave Leader: Composer
• Ace Adams: Composer
• Harry Eller: Composer
• Albert Green: Composer
• Marv Goldberg: Liner Notes
• Theodore Metz: Composer